collision, there is a table of glycaemic indeces here .
Riebee and Floss, thanks for your messages. Riebee, I had been feeling a bit of an idiot for not feeling I could cope even though this was my second, so thank you for reassuring me. He is still not sleping well and today has taken hardly any milk but maybe it's just a matter of time.
Flossam, I was enjoying the breastfeeding and could start again (in fact, I did one feed on Wednesday because ds2 seemed off-colour and I thought it might help), but in truth it will not work in the long term. He was getting a lot of formula anyway. I struggled with b/f ds1 for several reasons, one being that I could not latch him on without using a nipple shield because my nipples are quite flat. I did try breaking the latch after a couple of minutes (once he had sucked my nipple into the shield) and latching him on again, but I got very sore and the cracks just wouldn't heal. The fear of experiencing this pain again almost persuaded me not to even try this time! I decided to give it a go, but I just couldn't latch ds 2 on at all without the shield, so I have been using shields all the time. Nipple shileds reduce your milk supply so ds2 could never get enough from me and I had to supplement with formula, despite spending a long time feeding. There was no hope of getting him into any sort of routine that way. It was also very unfair on ds1 because feeds were taking so long. That is why I have decided to stop. I am sad but I do feel it is the right decision. As for giving ds medicines for the teething pain, I have given him a little Calpol because it is licensed for use at 8 weeks following the first set of jabs, so if a 2.5 ml dose is safe then I reckon a small dose is safe at 7.5 weeks. AFAIK it is a weight-adjusted dose and ds isn't a small baby so should be OK (it is considered safe to use paracetamol during pg after all). I took him to the baby clinic yesterday and asked the HV to look at his gums just in case it was thrush (I didn't think so, but have never seen thrush so wanted to make sure). She said it was definitely teeth but she thinks they aren't going to erupt just yet they are just moving around (he was biting down on her finger).
ds2 has been staring at his hands and batting things on his playgym and activity arch. Floss, your ds has probably just been concentrating on something different. They really do all do things in a different order, and I am convinced it is partly to do with personality (they concentrate on whatever they find interesting) and chance (they discover some things before others and there is no rhyme or reason to it).
Glad to hear you guys are getting some nice gifts. Coincidentally, my dh has some time off to take before end of March and has booked a day off near my birthday (which is in March) so we can go shopping for a present for me! It is one of ds1's nursery days so we shall only have ds2 with us. I suspect he wants to buy me something special .